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May 29, 2010

G51: Red Sox 1, Royals 0

Buchholz (7-4-0-4-4, 108) lowered his ERA to 2.73 and Mike Lowell's grounder to second brought in the night's only run.

Adrian Beltre began the second inning with a line single to right and J.D. Drew hit an opposite field double off the Wall. Lowell's grounder brought Beltre home. ... David Ortiz lined a double off the wall in dead center in the fifth.

Daniel Bard allowed a leadoff double to Jason Kendall in the eighth, but pitched out of trouble. After a bunt moved Kendall to third, Bard struck out Mike Aviles (who was primed to swing at anything) and Dustin Pedroia made a great backhanded snag of David DeJesus's hot grounder. Jonathan Papelbon pitched a perfect ninth on 12 pitches.

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1905 - Brooklyn Robins pitcher Elmer Stricklett may have thrown the first spitball.

1976 - Joe Niekro hits the only home run of his 22-year career -- against his brother, Phil.

1993 - Three days after having a ball hit off his head and go over the fence for a home run, Jose Canseco pitches one inning in a 15-1 loss to the Red Sox. He hurts his arm and ends up having season-ending elbow surgery.

2000 - Oakland 2B Randy Velarde turns an unassisted triple play -- the 11th in history -- against the Yankees. (In spring training in 1995, Velarde, then with the Yankees, turned an unassisted triple play against the Dodgers.)

Cleveland left-hander David Huff was struck in the head by a line drive in the third inning Saturday and left Yankee Stadium in an ambulance. ...

The Indians said that Huff, who was taken to New York-Presbyterian/Columbia Hospital, did not lose consciousness and had no memory loss.

Huff was struck in the left side of his head, right above his left ear, by a line drive by Alex Rodriguez with runners on first and second and one out. As the ball zoomed toward him, Huff could not react in time. The ball caromed off his head with such force it landed in shallow right field ...

Huff lay facedown and motionless on the mound as training staff and emergency medical personnel tended to him. ...

2 games behind the Chokers, AFTER losing 2 we're supposed to win. Not a bad place. I'm still on the bus, in the freakin' front seat even. Hell I'll drive the damn thing if that's what it takes.

WIN! And do so tonight plz.

I'll be watching the ol' ticker at the bottom of the screen as my buddies are playing at a local microbrewery pub/grill tonight. There will be alcohol involved.And damn good music too.And probably more alcohol.But I digress........

Yeah, it stays in play. I've been involved in a number of plays as a little league coach where you had to get to the end of a play as quickly as possible and avoid your instinct to go running on the field to tend to an injured player.Tell your runners to hold up earlier than you might have otherwise so you can call time, stuff like that.

This is when I know I truly love baseball---having my heart stop over a game between two teams I don't even care about, rooting for a pitcher that a week ago I was rooting against. It's just a...perfect game!